MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory

News

IAEA Director General Visits MIT NRL
Newly established MIT and INL Center for Reactor Instrumentation and Sensor Physics (CRISP)
TILclimate Podcast on Nuclear Energy with NRL Director of Science and Technology, Jacopo Buongiorno
Back to the future: Researchers at MIT’s Nuclear Reactor Lab help revive a salt-based nuclear energy technology abandoned decades ago

Announcements

✨ 2025 Student Operator Application Information

Applications due Sunday, October 19th. Learn how you can get licensed to operate the MITR-II as a freshman or sophomore!

Reactor Videos

Video Tour of the MITR

5 Ways the MITR is Utilized